Game



W. F. ROOT.

GAME.

APPLICATION man APR. 11. 1920.

1,388,666. Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

INV NTOR. mmfiss JMWW a BY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER F. ROOT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF ToFREDERICK BEISSEL, OF DARBY, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed April 17, 1920. Serial No. 374,580.

To all whom it concern Be it known that 1 WALTER F. Roo'r, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to games and more particularly to that class ofgames in which the player throws or tosses an object toward a standwhich is provided with a series of divisions of varying values, thescore of the player being the total of the divisions to which or throughwhich he throws the object.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple,inexpensive and entertaining game and game apparatus which, whileinvolving some little skill and den terity to play well, is justsuflicicntly easy to play as to constitute an attractive andinteresting; form of amusement. More specific objects of the inventionwill appear in connection with a description of the accompanyingdrawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthc game apparatusillustrating the manner in which it is used, and Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the scoring stand or frame.

The scoring stand consists of a substan tially rectangular frame A, anda supporting brace B which is adapted to be detachably secured to theframe A near its upper portion in any suitable manner such for ex ampleis afforded by means of the socket at the point marked 1 in the member2. The brace and the frame constitute an in vcrted V-shaped structureand when set up in position for play the frame is in a substantiallyupright position.

Extending between the lower cross piece 3 and the upper cross piece 4 ofthe frame A, I provide a series of spaced palings or bars 5 which aredisposed in substantial parallelism to the side members 6 of the frame.The result is a somewhat fence-like structure in which the spacesbetween bars are given varying values as indicated by the small.

numerals on the upper and lower cross pieces. The bars are preferablyrounded for a purpose which will appear hereinafter.

Immediately in front of the frame I prefer to arrange a small stand ortable 7 The player stands at a little distance from the frame and throwsor tosses the hoop or rmg 8 toward the frame so that it will bounce onthe table 7 and pass through one of the spaces between the bars 5. Thedirec tion from which the hoop comes is indicated by the arrow and theapproximate course which it follows, by the dotted lines in Fig. l. Aplayers score is the sum of the values of the spaces through which he isable to throw the ring.

The hoop is also rounded and is prefer ably made of round reed. It isadvisable to round the hoop and the bars or at least one of them so asto facilitate entrance of the hoop into the spaces between bars. If suchrounded or sloping edges were not provided, it would frequently happenthat the hoop would strike bar and rebound away from the frame A insteadof passing through it. By sloping or rounding the meeting edges, thehoop will always glance to one side or the other and failure to passthrough the frame will very rarely occur.

I claim:

1. A game comprising in combination a frame adapted to stand upon thefloor and provided with a series of spaced bars, a table in front ofsaid frame, and a rino; adapted to be tossed against the table to bouncetoward said frame and enter one of said spaces, the various spaces beinggiven differing values. i

2. A game comprising in combination a frame adapted to rest on thefloor, a detachable brace adapted to support said frame in asubstantially upright position, a series of spaced bars in the frame, astand adapted to rest on the floor in front of said frame, and a hoopadapted to be tossed toward said frame to rebound from the stand andenter a space between two bars, the various spaces being given differingvalues.

3. A game comprising in combination a frame adapted to rest on the floorand provided with a series of spaced bars, and a hoop of a diametergreater than the distance between any two bars adapted to be tossedtoward the frame to bounce between two bars, the various spaces beinggiven differing values.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

' WALTER F. ROOT.

